US 12,337,113 B2
Headgear for use with a patient interface
Hamish Joshua Rose, Auckland (NZ); Matthew James Pedersen, Auckland (NZ); Craig Robert Prentice, Auckland (NZ); Tony William Spear, Auckland (NZ); Bruce Michael Walls, Auckland (NZ); Dana Willfroth, Auckland (NZ); Simon Mittermeier, Auckland (NZ); Melissa Catherine Bornholdt, Auckland (NZ); and Gregory James Olsen, Auckland (NZ)
Assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited, Auckland (NZ)
Appl. No. 15/748,612
Filed by Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited, Auckland (NZ)
PCT Filed Jul. 29, 2016, PCT No. PCT/IB2016/054539
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 29, 2018,
PCT Pub. No. WO2017/021836, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 9, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/360,052, filed on Jul. 8, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/358,790, filed on Jul. 6, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/305,284, filed on Mar. 8, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/232,293, filed on Sep. 24, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/209,822, filed on Aug. 25, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/199,513, filed on Jul. 31, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/199,547, filed on Jul. 31, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2019/0001095 A1, Jan. 3, 2019
Int. Cl. A61M 16/06 (2006.01); A61M 16/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/08 (2006.01); A61M 16/20 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 16/0683 (2013.01) [A61M 16/0069 (2014.02); A61M 16/0605 (2014.02); A61M 16/0633 (2014.02); A61M 16/0825 (2014.02); A61M 16/208 (2013.01); A61M 2205/42 (2013.01); A61M 2207/00 (2013.01); A61M 2209/06 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A headgear for use with a respiratory mask, comprising:
a component formed from a single piece of 3D fabric folded onto itself along a continuous fold line to form a continuous folded edge and a first layer and a second layer of the single piece of 3D fabric extending from the folded edge, the folded edge configured to be aligned with a top of a user's neck in use and forming an edge of the headgear,
wherein the component is a back panel having a substantially trapezoidal shape, the folded edge forming a bottom edge of the back panel,
wherein the two layers of 3D fabric are joined together to form a top edge of the back panel, the top edge positioned opposite of the bottom edge, the top edge having a greater length than a length of the bottom edge, and
wherein the two layers of 3D fabric are joined together at lateral edges, the lateral edges each extending from the bottom edge to the top edge,
wherein, with the back panel in a laid flat orientation, the bottom edge of the back panel is straight in a length direction and the top edge of the back panel is continuously curved in the length direction; and
a perimeter portion formed from a material suitable for use in headgear, the perimeter portion being attached to and extending along an entirety of at least one of the lateral edges of the back panel,
wherein the material of the perimeter portion extends into and forms at least part of a strap of the headgear.